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Richard Leyshon
Education
Acorn Learning Solutions
Level 4 Diploma in Data Analytics
Cardiff, Wales
2018 to 2019
2 year course completed in 13 months
Modules:
- Principles of Data Management Infrastructure
- Data Analysis Tools
- Data Science
- Statistical Analysis of Data Sets
- Designing and Developing Event-Driven Computer Programs
- Designing and Developing Procedural Computer Programs
- Advanced Data Representations and Manipulation for IT
University of Wales, Institute Cardiff
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Science)
Cardiff, Wales
2006 to 2007
Placements:
- Windsor-Clive Primary School
- Llanedeyrn high school
- Whitchurch High School
Qualified Teacher Status awarded
Cardiff University
Bsc (Hons) Biology, 2:1 awarded
Cardiff, Wales
2002 to 2005
My degree contained several data-related modules including:
- Two modules of The Biological Application of Mathematics and Statistics
- Statistical analysis within Minitab
- Conservation Ecology
- Use of statistical modelling to conduct population viability analysis
- Modelling techniques with Vortex
- Final Year Field Course
- Collection of field data for wildfowl populations
- Minitab statistical analysis of data generated from this enquiry
- Laboratory Practical Enquiry
- Hypothesis testing in a wide range of scientific contexts
- Application of the scientific method in ensuring reproducibility
- Research, reporting and referencing
Professional Experience
Statistician
Data Cymru
Cardiff, Wales
2020 to Present
- Cleansing and analysis of survey output through to analysis in R markdown
- Hypothesis testing using statistical methods such as t-test, Mann-Whitney test and Monte Carlo power analysis
- Linear and multiple regression, utilisation of modelled residuals in decision-making
- Key stakeholder engagement with external clients in defining the scope of projects and responding to user feedback
- Operationalising Shiny applications interactive html interfaces on remote servers such as shinyapps io, Github & Rpubs
- Production and operationalising of geospatial analysis dashboards
- Collaborative workflow management utilising Microsoft Planner, Teams and Sharepoint
- Querying open data feeds to update key organisational workflows to achieve reproducibility, minimise human error and automate tasks where possible
- Use of database management functions to achieve data insights through data joins, lookups and transformations
Personal Projects
The below links are to a selection of applications created in my own time:
Welsh School Budgeted & Outturn 1920, Shiny Application
Welsh Common Place Name Explorer, Shiny Application
Welsh School Budgeted Education Revenue 18/19, Flexdashboard html
Data Analytics Apprentice
Wales Audit Office
Cardiff, Wales
2018 to 2019
- Established proof of concept: satellite analysis of woodland inventory to assist in financial audit of Natural Resources Wales
- Development of Power BI Dashboards in order to support performance audit and thematic review
- Establishment of relational data models, joining datasets and lookup tables
- Programming Shiny applications for exploratory data analysis
- Developing counter fraud and error risk testing of transactions in R
- Publication of R markdown interactive reports to help inform auditor opinion
- Assisting in the delivery of the WAO’s Power BI education programme to internal and external colleagues
- Maintaining a high standard of output within a fast-paced, AGILE work environment
- Effective written and verbal communication to a wide variety of stakeholders within various contexts
Teacher of Science
St Illtyd’s Catholic High School, Fitzalan and Bassaleg High School
Cardiff, Newport, Wales
2007 to 2017
- Delivery of biology and physics education to A level
- Experienced in the effective communication of technical subject matter
- Differentiation of learning material to a wide range in student ability
- High standards of reporting, assessment and proof-reading